Key facts
- Proxima Fusion, backed by Google, is partnering with Japan's Fujikura.
- The partnership aims to establish a manufacturing facility in Germany's Lower Saxony.
- The facility will produce a critical fusion reactor component.
Europe's best-funded nuclear fusion start-up, Proxima Fusion, which is backed by Google, is deepening its ties with Japanese suppliers. The company is seeking to establish a manufacturing facility in the German state of Lower Saxony in partnership with Japan's Fujikura. This initiative is part of Germany's broader effort to build a domestic supply chain for fusion technology and revitalize its industrial sector.